A quick update, and a collaboration!
Added 2024-09-23 05:30:00 +0000 UTCHi everyone, just a quick update on how things are going, and a link to an appearance of mine on another channel down below!
Annoyingly video production has been pretty much on pause for the last fortnight, as I've had to work on a couple of not-youtube creative jobs - however both of those should be done this week, then I'll be able to jump back into the Werribee line video. It's getting very close to completion, but being a very long video that still could take a while - so I might make another shorter video in the meantime if the inspiration hits me.
..however! I'm sure many of you are aware of Philip Mallis - he's another Melbourne youtuber who does predominantly local history stuff, with a side of public transport. There have been some funny rumours going around that we might be the same person – so we decided it would be fun to do a collab together. About a month ago we recorded a podcast style video, where we rank Melbourne's tram classes onto a tier list – the result is the two of us chatting about trams for just over an hour, and you can watch it early on his channel here: https://youtu.be/tBP9k6qRRRY
*Please note, this is an early access link, the video is scheduled to go public on Tuesday at 3pm, so please don't share it anywhere before that*
If you're wondering about the significance of the picture attached to this post – there isn't any, it's just a shot I took of an X'trap near Hurstbridge during a thunder storm recently.
Thankyou all for your support, and I hope to have more to show you soon!
~Martin
Comments
I am guessing so, especially if they were ordered as cheaply as possible.
Øystein Furu Almo
2024-09-24 16:54:56 +0000 UTCVery jealous that you got to ride the W2s in service! I saw one of the scrubber cars once - must have been about 2000/2001, pretty close to when they were withdrawn, it's a very vague memory but I think was somewhere around the Port Junction area. Maybe we could sell the C2s to Boeing when we're done with them haha
Taitset
2024-09-23 22:37:14 +0000 UTCYep Adelaide video is still coming, it's just going to take me a while to finish it off, but I do hope to get it done over the next few months!
Taitset
2024-09-23 22:34:50 +0000 UTCAh that's very interesting! Wouldn't surprise me at all if it's a European requirement and they just didn't change the design here.
Taitset
2024-09-23 22:32:51 +0000 UTCI really liked this video. I learned a lot about the trams. I am not sure about the top light for the D-class, however trains in Europe, or at least most countries, require a light triangle in the front. So pretty much two lights at the bottom and one top one. And after extensive research (looking through a few tram models and networks on wikipedia for the last 30 mins) I believe it is either a German/Austrian requirement as this is a rail vehicle to have this triangle or it is to actually light up pionts better. At least when I lived in Austria (Vienna), it could look like the top one was placed so that it lights up just infront of the tram. Or it might just be that they have used that to light up just in front, simply because it was there. In Trondheim, where I have worked, there is actually a light just under the bumper just to light up the points, but I believe it is not a requirement in Norway to have the triangle for trams.
Øystein Furu Almo
2024-09-23 18:16:40 +0000 UTCYay, my two favourite Melbourne creators chatting for an hour about trams. sign me up. Btw has the Adelaide rollingstock video been cancelled?
Gauger
2024-09-23 14:05:54 +0000 UTCExcellent, I'm a fan of both channels. Edit after watching: A really good video, thank you both. My own experience as a regular tram user was from 1984 (aged 13) to 1995 (before I moved to NSW). I could easily rate the trams I rode, from the last of the W2s to the 'new' B2s, with all the W series variations, the various Zs and the 'Bricks' as I called the As in between. The most exciting trams that I rarely saw and never rode, were the two ex-Sydney scrubber cars. 1908-built trams were something to see 80 years later. I missed the corporatisation then the privatisation, and occasionally rode the newer 'plastic caterpillars' in recent years. My back still hurts after the occasional C1 ride. I was blown away when I visited Budapest in 2018, and saw what looked like a yellow D2 approach. It turned out to be a monster six-section tram, 54 metres long as compared to the 30 metre long D2. I still think articulated trams should make accordion sounds as they go round curves! The sealed C2 door must be a Boeing feature! Anyway, enough of my lame jokes! Thanks for the top view!
Matt Austin
2024-09-23 11:55:54 +0000 UTCTwo of my favourite content creators doing a collab together! Surely my day cannot get any better than this!
Bob Ross
2024-09-23 10:02:58 +0000 UTCLove Phillip Mallis. This is a crossover dream.
Alex Garner
2024-09-23 06:11:47 +0000 UTCOmfg crossover of the century !!!
Katyayani Sagar-Gordon
2024-09-23 06:03:54 +0000 UTCtwo fellow transport nerds, nerding out about trams, for an entire hour? oh the nerdery of it all! tonight's chill plans have now been finalised.
Charles
2024-09-23 05:36:43 +0000 UTC
